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What are the benefits of working in teams?

What are the benefits of using teams as your primary structure for getting work done? Organizationally we know the highest performing teams with the highest quality results, do so while fulfilling many of the members basic as well as higher level human needs. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs applies to our whole lives including work. In my many years of learning, playing, working in and with teams, I have experienced the joys, the frustrations, and everything in between. We all know what teams can do when designed with the right members and right support. We also know what the costs are of our dysfunctional teams who are stuck with little hope of what magic might change the daily dredge on both the organization as well as the team members themselves.

Teams are worth the investment and there is science to prove it. We humans have worked in collaborative groups since the beginning of time. In a sense, teams are the reason we are all even still here on planet earth, credited as a key to the survival of our species. In this linked article https://www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/the-importance-of-teamwork Tracy Middleton shares 11 benefits of working in teams and some of the science to support it.

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By Brett Hodge

Brett A. Hodge is the president and chief consultant of Organizational Effectiveness Consulting Inc. for 28 years located in Bean Blossom, Indiana. Brett has been a Senior Consultant for IU Health as well as a Certified ICF Coach. Brett is an Adjunct Faculty member of the Executive Education Program in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University as well as Kelley School of Business Executive Education. Brett holds an undergraduate degree in social work as well as a master's degree in social work from Indiana University with an emphasis on human efficacy and group dynamics.

Brett has over 30 years of experience working in organizational development with emphasis on professional coaching, team development, managing high performance teams, strategic planning, skill development, and leadership development. Brett is also a Certified Facilitator of Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People training and the 4 Roles of Leadership process, Crucial Conversations, and is a Certified Prosci Change Management Practitioner.